Accounting Officer, Vantage RE Ltd

• Feb 2022 - Present

Fiscal Process Manager

• Sep 2021 - Feb 2022

Senior Statutory and Tax Accountant

• Jul 2017 - Jan 2022

Responsible for providing business insight and analytical support, and the preparation of statutory accounts and tax returns for a group of entities.1. Accounting and Reporting• Created and improved the statutory accounts production template used by the company.• Preparing, reviewing, and performing financial analysis on the statutory financial statements of private limited companies and its working paper files under the UK GAAP FRS 102.• Financial statements tagging (iXBRL) using Alphatag UK.• Drafting financial statements in compliance with IFRS and local GAAP.• Preparing, reviewing, and submitting various business surveys as required by Office for National Statistics (ONS).• Preparing, reconciling, and reviewing balance sheet notes.• Carry out statutory audits.2. Taxation• Preparing and reviewing UK corporation tax and deferred tax calculations.• Corporate tax preparation and calculations using Alphatax UK.• Leading and assisting in tax audits and appeals as required.• Involved in successfully dealing with the HMRC tax investigation, with minor adjustment to tax return.• Prepared, reviewed, and submitted monthly and quarterly UK VAT returns.• Prepared and submitted European Commission Sales List to the Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on a timely basis.• Preparing tax reports and forecasts for management on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.3. Leadership and stakeholders relationship• Assisted the accounting manager in the daily management of the 8-staff team, including task allocation and conducting recruitment interview.• Trained and supervised juniors, new joiners and colleagues on accounting and taxationworks.• Managed a portfolio of various clients consisting of UK private limited companies, and other European entities (Italy, Germany, Hungary, etc.).• Meeting and liaising with overseas BPOs on ensuring high quality and consistent deliverables. Show less

Tax Accountant

• Apr 2014 - Jul 2017

Responsible for the preparation of statutory accounts and tax returns for a group of entities.- Drafting Financial Statements in compliance with IFRS and local country GAAP. - Preparing, reconciling and reviewing Balance Sheet notes. - Carry out statutory audits. - Preparing tax reports for management on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis. - Preparing annual and quarterly tax forecasts. - Preparing local statutory accounts and ensuring compliance within filing deadlines. - Preparing legal accounts in accordance with Local/Country GAAP. - Preparing corporate tax returns on monthly, quarterly or yearly basis depending on country requirement. - Assisting in tax audits and appeals as per country requirements (including preparation of schedules and liaison with tax officers where necessary). - Mentoring and guiding Tax Assistants. Show less

Analyst, Accounting

• Sep 2013 - Apr 2014

Assigned under Banking Operations team and was supporting more than 9 countries (Japan, Singapore, Australia, etc). - Performing GL reconciliation at every month end. - Mostly involved with the incoming (Accounts Receivable), performing posting and clearing off of the customers’ accounts, including intercompany and outside parties using the SAP system. - Performing direct debit from the customer bank accounts. To be done bi-weekly for small customer and monthly for the key account customer. - Updating the daily sales FOM report and reconciliation of the customers’ accounts to be done on daily basis. - Building up relationship with the end markets in order to solve the complex intercompany transactions issues and disputes. - Preparing Unmatched Receipts report at month end to be communicated to the end markets to solve any dispute incoming in order to perform bank account reconciliation. - Performing bank account reconciliation at month end to match every transaction. - Updating the customers’ account and perform incoming transactions on timely basis to meet up with the customer’s KPI requirements Show less

Executive, Accounting

• Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

Assigned under the Accounting, Treasury & Tax Department, which is mostly involved with the Accounts Receivable team. - Preparing Summary Reports for the managers for payment proposals made to customers for Sales Campaign and dealers’ claims. - Preparing and issuing invoices to customers. - Preparing the monthly statements to customers using the SAP system and to be communicated to the customers regarding their accounts’ status. - In charge for excise duty authorization which to be done daily and upon request, while bank balance reconciliation is to be done during the month end. - Assisting the annual audit process by KPMG during the year-end and in charge of the remediation project for internal audit and control purposes. - Day-to-day operational tasks such as issuing customers’ invoices, excise duty reviews and updates, updating customer’s accounts using SAP and etc. Show less